His Girl

chapter 15

James
"Thank you" I whisper and kiss her forehead. I havent had this much fun in a long time. Everyone fears me so they avoid me, the only fun I have really is killing and torturing the enemies.
"Hope we're not interrupting anything"
Logan walks through the door followed by Ethan. "Depends" I reply walking towards him.
"Depends on what" he asked. Before I could reply ethan speaks "you guys had a food fight and didnt invite me" Ethan was such a immature man, I sometimes wondered what made me choose him as my third in command but then I remember what a nasty twisted person he could be when he was angry. "as I was saying, it just depends on what you're here for" tell Logan. Logan glances at harper, I got the message, he wanted to talk gang stuff and that cant be done with Harper around. "Go get cleaned up" I tell her and she nods. "Ok" she quickly replies. I couldnt stay annoyed because she didnt call me sir. "Take your time" I tell her. "Sure, but can I ask a question first" she asks ironically. "Yeah of course, you don't need to ask to ask a question" I tell her. "When I'm gone are you gonna talk about who you are going to assinate tonight" she asks. Ethan cracks up in laughter, logan doesnt look impressed and I was slightly insulted she thought so low of me, assassins were easy to stop and easy to spot, I would never be one, sure I've taken a few people out but they were enemies. "Harper I'm not an assassin" I tell her. "I know but it seems to offend you when I call you one" she replies. "You should go get changed" I say knowing if she said anymore I would start laughing and I couldnt let the guys see she was my weakness. Fuck. She was my weakness. I can't have weaknesses, they were dangerous.

"how much does she know" logan asked once Harper had left.
"Nothing, she saw me the other night when I came home covered in blood" I say.
"And shes not dead" ethan asked amazed at the fact that I havent killed her. Usually I would kill any witnesses to my crimes so they could not do anything about it.
"No of course not, I think we are good though, I found out this morning she saw me come in, she was a little frightened but I reassured her then we had breakfast" I say looking at the state of the kitchen, it was a mess food was everywhere. "Well I wouldnt advise getting to close to the girl, you dont want a repeat of Aria" logan advises. This got me annoyed, how dare he bring up Aria. "Dont ever mention her name again" I warn not happy with him. "Sorry sir, it's just you seem to like harper and the more time you spend with her the more she becomes a weakness, then enemy's will find out and they will either kill her or she will end up joining them" logan explains. I knew he was right. She already was my weakness and if enemies found out they would have no problem putting a bullet through her. "Fine, what are you here for" I ask changing the subject. "Well you're not gonna like it" ethan says as he gets out a brush. "What are you doing " I ask. "Cleaning your kitchen its gross" he said looking at it with disgust. I roll my eyes at his comment, he was upset a few minutes ago because he wasnt able to join in the food fight now he thinks its gross. "I will help him, you should go get cleaned up then we will talk more" logan says.
I agree as I was aware I was covered in batter flour and egg.

After showering and changing I quickly go and check on Harper. She was asleep on bed. I go over to her to wrap her duvet around her and when I do I realise she is burning up. I take out my phone and call the doctor, he was my familys/the gang doctor so he answered immediately. "James how can I help you, you need a bullet taken out" he says. "No, I need you to come check on someone, she is asleep tight now but she is burning up" I tell him. "I'll be right there, she has probably just got a fever" he tells me. "Ok should I do anything"  I ask not liking the thought of being helpless. "No, just make sure she keeps breathing " he advises.  Yeah like I'm gonna go out my way to stop her breathing,  stupid advise . I hang up and look at her, she looked at peace, apart from this morning she never looks happy, her smile never reaches her eyes and it saddens me.
I need to stop. I shouldn't care for her, Logan is right, the more I care the more she will get hurt. I reluctantly leave the room, but make sure to leave the door open.
"You took your time" logan says as I enter a surprisingly clean kitchen. "Yeah, Harper is ill" I say grabbing a drink from the fridge. "we can always talk about this when she is better" he suggests. "Yeah, it's not like we are going to do anything about it today anyway" ethan says with his mouth full of crisps. Of course he is eating,  he never stops. "no it's fine, the doctor says I cant do anything and besides you're right I should just cut her off" I reply. "well if you're sure" logan says.
"I am"
Logan and Ethan then look at each other, ethan puts down the pack of crisps and becomes serious.  Something must be seriously wrong if he has become serious.
"Tell me" I order growing impatient
"There is no easy way to say this" ethan begins.
"Then just say it" I tell him
"Well the thing is" logan starts followed by Ethan  "Its really not that bad" Logan then agrees "Yeah it could be worse"
"I swear to god someone better tell me what happened before I rip your tongue out"